I am a retired State Department foreign affairs analyst, manager and political observer, and now an independent consultant and classical music YouTube archivist in the Washington DC area.  I started my intelligence career when Jimmy Carter was President and counted among my mentors Hugh Montgomery (photo, presenting me with an award), OSS commando, legendary Cold War case officer, director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1981 - 1985) and US Ambassador to the United Nations.

After a 39-year career at the nexus of the worlds of intelligence and diplomacy observing the USSR, the Middle East and Africa, I am available to share with you my expertise, insights, and observations on international affairs and foreign policy.   Career details are here.

I am passionate about music and, in addition to my professional interests, manage a classical music YouTube channel with over 49,000 subscribers. I have a large collection of LPs -- including many old classical recordings that have never been commercially marketed on CD -- and enjoy digitizing these rare performances to make them more widely available.  (Please see an interview I gave in 2013 to Interlude magazine here.)

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